Derrick Van Orden: “70% of the world's cobalt is produced in the Democratic…”

“Thank you. Madam Chair, please pull up that image. Get it on the screen. Here it is. We've done this before. Mr. Secretary. Are you aware that 70% of the world's cobalt is produced in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Yes. Are you aware that 4.3% of every electric car battery is comprised of cobalt? What I can tell you is that today's EV batteries use 80% less cobalt, and in fact, most of the cobalt now comes as a byproduct.” (00:21–00:26)

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